cover image FEATHER BOY

FEATHER BOY

Nicky Singer, . . Dell/Yearling, $4.99 (262pp) ISBN 978-0-440-41858-0

"A 12-year-old is perfect bully bait until an arts project at a local nursing home pairs him with a truculent resident with a mysterious history. The writing soars, from the pitch-perfect delineation of the boy's wry, self-depreciating voice, to the change wrought in him as he becomes 'the sort of boy who can fly,' " wrote PW in a starred review. Ages 10-up. (Nov.)